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    I wish your mom well, Tina.

    I am with Thuc about those mouth watering foods. My craving grows stronger knowing they’re hard to come by. I wish I could just grow those Bò Bía in my garden this spring. Sometimes, food can bring out the best in us. In time, people change in trying to assimilate, but the urge for pop cultures couldn’t outlive the desire for the foods we once grew up with. In essence, foods remind me of my identity. Some foods always bring back good memories, while others remind me of the unpleasant experience. Some breaks my appetite for more. Some I eat with an empty stomach and a heavy heart every time because they remind me of the special someone who left so abruptly. We also get to experience different flavors of food in life such as sweet talks, spicy kisses, sour relationship and bitter feeling. ..

    Some of the best foods must be served with side dishes or condiments, whether we like them or not...just like marriages come with the in laws, friends, hobbies and desire. Some of them we don't want to touch even with a ten-foot pole, others we just never got enough. At the end of the day, it's all about the main course. As long as the main dish is pleasant and delicious, that's all that matters.

    Until then, keep up the craving and be hungry for more.

    Cheers.
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    Wahoo....wahoo....I fully understood what you are trying to say, Mr. Hung. :=)

    Realistically, you are absolutely right but at the same time, we do crave for other than the main dish, at least in our dream anyhow once in a while even though we knew the reality will never come. It is like "windows shopping" or observing a menu at a restaurant...we are all allowed to look at the menu but never allow to order anything if you know what I meant....I DO LIKE SOME OF THE SIDE DISHES....LOL

    Some will never admit such but what I just mentioned above is very real.

    Without elaborating or getting into any specifics...I will end it short here before I get into trouble with my BOSS...:=)
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    Thuc,

    I am glad you’re a happy customer with a huge appetite!
    Yeah it’s more fun browsing the menu and window shopping. Even if we could have them, those eye pleasing items can be hard to swallow, not to mention the indigestion and plumbing afterward that eats you inside out and leaves you confused with mixed feeling. That could be quite a draining experience. I am still licking the wounds from the last beating from the BOSS, so I better stop here.
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    Hung,

    Agreed again! YES, we could have them at the snap of our finger but is it worth it we wonder many times in our journey of lives but not the exploration of the possibilities we could have...

    We, good men, are programmed from the get-go to take care of business but sometime we look around and notice those with unfortunate lives, wife with abusive husband, etc. and we feel the world is unfair in a sense that we want to take care of those unfortunate people/ladies as well but we can't. I always love the idea of cloning...:=) If ever there is such, the world will be a much better place to live in...

    As for me ausi...I better stop here as well as my BOSS might reclaim her territory in our mansion...
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    Cloning sounds good. Just be aware that they could clone the BOSS too -).
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    No, I am very selfish in that regard. I only want me to be cloned and not the BOSS at all. As of right now, it has been 24 years and many more to come but no more past that... Don't we want a new house or a new car the next time we shop for one? I certainly want a different model or brand....LOL

    Thanks goodness that my BOSS does not read anything here...or else, I will be in a serious forbidden zone...if you know what I meant. :=)
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    LOL. That makes two of us, Thuc. In the interim, I will settle with a good tuneup for my current model. It's overdue for some major maintenance, and...so am I. The ride in my high milage wheel is bumpy, but she will get us to our destination. Along the way, I will enjoy the breathtaking scenery in the beautiful sunset. I could almost feel the seemingly greener grass in a distance. They seem so green, um...so fresh, so close, yet so far.
    • CommentAuthorTina
    • CommentTimeMar 28th 2010 edited
     
    Thuc

    I made some Bo Bia (sorry Bo Bia again) and took them to my parents. My mum was very pleased to eat it. After eating, she proudly told me that she ate five rolls, she smiled and raised her five fingers in the air like a kid showing how much she ate. I used củ sắn (water potato) for her. One kilo of củ sắn costs about 7 to 10 AUS dollars.

    I still remember freshly in my mind that mum sent us to My Tho port in the morning on the 25th of May 1979, we boarded a small boat (transferred to the 29 meter ship later), mum stood there with my grandmother, and aunties. I watched them become smaller, smaller on land and then disappeared as we sailed away. What I am thinking right now is that mum was still healthy and grandmother was still alive at that time… I miss my grandmother (Ba ngoai) and really love her. Most of our parents are old or might have passed away, but they will remain the same in our memories.

    Tony

    Life is not fair at all. My mum gave birth to ten children but only half survived. My younger sister Lucia died from breast cancer in year 2000, so now there are only 4 left in the family. Mum suffered a lot and it is not fair to her.

    Life is like a journey, ones with more energy can walk for a longer distance than ones with less energy. The people with less energy rest early, while the ones with more energy continue along the journey. Your father finished his journey early and is resting in peace already, the rest of your family continues the journey and deals with all the difficulties in life. Dying is not hard, the harder part is that people still struggle in life and deal with all those suffering. Things will become better, the main thing is that your family is still together and give each other support.

    That is true, being a bad person is easier than a good one, but can we deal with the things that those bad people deal with? The rich ones might fight for money with family and end up going to court, but a struggling family will share food together. I agree with Thuc, the struggle gives us strength and more value than what we have now.

    Hung

    Yes, food brings back good memories and also keeps us close, we grew on the same soil and ate the same kind of food. We will stick with the food we grew up with.

    I like sweet and sour pork dish, but hate that sour relationship food and have experienced that taste for many years, my aunty (Uncle’s wife) came between my mum and me and created a lot of problems at the time our family reunited in 1985. I had a really hard time for many years. Even if the main course is great, it might still kill your appetite.
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    Tina,

    I only came to know Bo Bia when I came to the US. Where I came from in VN (Kontum--before 1975 and Qui Nhon--after 1975), I had never come across that dish. Since I first tasted it a few years back, I now became addicted to it...let alone that I do easily get addicted to anything that can move and is edible. In general, I love food! :=)

    I am so happy to hear that your mom gave a thumb-up after she tasted your Bo Bia. I am sure everyone else would too because it must be delicious (you are making me really hungry!!!). It is, without question, the greatest feeling of all to have received an appreciative gesture from your most beloved one. I am longing for that for just one more from my wonderful mom but I know deep in me that she is doing it but from up there...I love and miss her crazily!!!
    • CommentAuthorelam
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2010
     
    Hey guys

    I just couldn’t resist to dropping a few lines in since you were discussing about this Bo Bi. There’s a restaurant in Saigon named Wrap and rolls. They serve all kinds of different rolls available from anywhere in Vietnam. Some are the traditional and some are newly invented. Bobi there wasn’t too bad at all except they served it like the Japanese Cuisine – Sushi. All sliced up and nicely placed in a beautiful greenish china plate with lettuce underneath the rolls. It’s kind of weird as I was expecting the very traditional one that I used to have when I was a young lad. Try it out when you’re around next time I am sure you would enjoy it.

    Elam
    • CommentAuthorTina
    • CommentTimeApr 3rd 2010
     
    Thuc

    It is Easter saturday here. We have a few days holiday. Your mum has the celebration up there as well. She will cook something there just like you cook then eat with you at the same time. Just think there is only a short separation and you will meet again at the end of the road.

    Try the 'wrap and rolls' restaurant when you go to Vietnam. Thanks for the recomendation of Elam.

    Take care.

    Tina
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    Tina,

    Thanks very much. I am sure of exactly what you said that is happening and I am certain that she is like an happy ANGEL with wings to fly freely with no more struggle of hardship and health issues especially as compared to the last few years of her life while she was here. We all do miss her very much but at the same time we cherish what we have left. My Dad is doing a little bit better to cope with the situation. We are to take care of Dad the best we can for as long as we are fortunate to have him.

    Thank you very much again and Have a Happy Easter. BTW, we have no holidays for the Easter but since it falls on the weekend here, that becomes our holidays. :=)

    Since having a family with three little ones, (Boy-9, Girl-7 and Girl-5), making a trip to VN is not an option for me. I will have to settle for food that I can make here in the States. Believe it or not but "Bun Bo Hue" is our specialty. My wife is an excellent chef for preparing that. If we are to open a restaurant for serving BBH, we will put all those restaurants out of business in no time. That is how good my wife can do. :=)

    Thuc
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    Tina: I would like to share this story with you: http://www.vietthuc.org/?p=3055
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    Thuc,

    I am deeply moved by your story. Thanks for sharing.
    I agree that our success are largely attributed to what our parents do and our upbringing.
    You have a great mother. Her legacy lives on.

    Hung
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    Hung,

    Thank you. She is indeed the best person that I am fortunate to be a son of. I hope she is looking down feeling proud of what she made of us to become what we are today. It isn't easy to do so with 6 children but she did it well. Bravo to my beloved Mom. I wish I can say "Thank you Mom" in person though.

    Thuc
    • CommentAuthorTina
    • CommentTimeApr 25th 2010
     
    Thuc

    I am touched when I read your story and will read it again later on.

    You are indeed loving your mum. She is living around you and all those memories are still fresh in your mind. The people are inventing the time machine now. I hope we can be fortunate enough to buy the tickets for the journey and go to past, then you can see your mum. I will go back to Galang in 1981 when you were there to see you.

    We all love our mums. Your mum is always beside you like just right now when you are typing at the computer. Take care.

    Tina
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    Tina,

    Thanks. I feel she is around me right now too as all the positive things are happening around me since she left, it must be her looking down on her boy. Six of us so she is still very busy doing so. :=)

    Thank you so much for reading. Someone posted that story and I accidently stumped across it a few days ago.

    Yes, I definitely will come and see you for sure...Of course, I have two purposes: Seeing you first and then that WOW girl....hehehehe...BTW, everyone looked WOW including you!!!. I just wanted to know how sweet she was/is..........On a serious note, I would love that idea!
    • CommentAuthorCarina
    • CommentTimeApr 27th 2010
     
    Thuc,

    Does your wife reading the forum too? just curious.... hehehe

    C
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    Carina,

    My wife is too busy with her work and our three little ones and also she does not like to go back in time. She was once in Kuku for 10 months during your time there. Thanks goodness that she is not into this site otherwise I would have to have lots of explaining to do :=)
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    Thuc,

    If I could go back in time, I would have my eyes on the WOW girl too. But, no worries, I would not be competing with you, not to mention it would be a big challenge to go against the good looking English teacher and cool ping-pong Champion like you. I was already captivated by someone else. It would be nice if I could relive those wonderful moments with her...I could feel the parties in my brain just thinking it. My heart is pounding so hard...Yeah. My heart will be pounding alright when I have to explain this to the BOSS...My friend, I think I will have to eat mì gói and sleep on the couch tonight. Believe me. If I have to eat mì gói, I would rather do that in Kuku...know what I mean? Hehe.

    Cheers,

    Hung
    • CommentAuthorCarina
    • CommentTimeApr 27th 2010
     
    Brothers, I hope that we don't hear about both of you being sent to the 'doghouse'...
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    Hung,

    No competion is ever needed. There were many great ones going around and I would definitely reserve the WOW one for a great guy like you. The WOW girl is really something and I hope she reads this forum and found two crazy dudes admiring her beauty!

    I came to know another WOW one and she left Galang and settled in Australia but I lost contact since 1982. Her name was Duyen. She was a sweetheart for sure but my current sweetheart is a real sweetheart and it has been going strong since 1993 and we have three beautiful little ones. :=)

    Carina: Never been to the doghouse and will never allow such to happen. That is why the wives have been crazy about us great men for many years now!!! :=)
    • CommentAuthorchengt
    • CommentTimeApr 29th 2010
     
    Thuc and Hung
    Don't worry about doghouse, you will be out in no time. I am in the doghouse at least once per week, and still survive.It is ok to look at the "WOW" one as long as you keep the secret from your wife???

    Tony
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    Tony,

    Welcome back!!! Where have you been?

    Good tip there buddy! As for me, it is like windows shopping...it is okay to look at the menu but do not place any order....you will be fine! :=)

    Thanks
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    Thuc,

    Thanks for being so considerate and generous.
    Yeah, we are just having fun with the WOW WOW girl. The truth is we both have wonderful wives. I married my college sweetheart in 85. We have been together like peas and carrots ever since. We have 2 great kids. I could not ask for anything better.

    Tony,

    Welcome back! Atta boy. I don’t mind the doghouse. I could use some downtime once a while, but few times a week is just brutal, hehe. You must have some secrets going in the doghouse. Tell us now. Will you? In the meantime, if your wife keeps those delicious bi bo coming, taking the doghouse punishment is not so bad.

    I am still impressed by the WOW WOW girls. I am more interested in their outfits, purse and accessories, which sometime do come with a heavenly figure that deserves another look -).

    Hung
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    Hung,

    You are 110% correct about that. I married my first girlfriend (dated in 1987 and married her in 1993) and also my college sweetheart. I have never dated anyone else but one and she is the mother of my three beautiful kids. I could not and would not ask for anything better.

    I also agreed with you totally that the WOW WOW girl truly deserved our attention. We, men, only want to compliment and show our admiration/appreciation when we noticed a beauty!!!
    • CommentAuthorchengt
    • CommentTimeApr 29th 2010
     
    I am still around, very busy at work. However, I do read all your posts. The secret is to go alone with what she says whether or not you agree with them. The other one is don't forget those important dates such as anniversary, birthday,etc. Carina probably can give more ideas since she is a WOMAN??

    Tony
    • CommentAuthorTina
    • CommentTimeApr 30th 2010 edited
     
    To all

    I hope the Wow Wow Wow girl find this forums and see two to three guys in here admiring their beauty and competing to see her when you come back. I just think she is truly beautiful and don't need any outfit to add on. I must tell you she might be married already at that time??

    I believe all of you have wonderful wives. The beauty will increase everyday if your heart is full of love.

    Tina
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    Tina,

    No outfit really needed to make a person pretty. The beauty is from within and sometime wearing no outfit does show another side of beauty as well...hehehehe....just kidding with you.

    Yes, we do have wonderful wives even after almost 20 years, we are still going strong like the first day :=)

    Thanks

    Thuc
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    Thuc,
    Hehe, you are funny..Speaking of food, I just finished pigging out from a backyard BBQ. Oh man, there were so much foods. In addition to the regular items from the grill menu such as burgers, hot dogs, Korean steak, kabob and wings, we had ca ri ga, bo kho, cha gio, banh hoi thit heo and goi sen tom. The best part is desert that top off with che xoi nuoc bot nep, bot nang and xung xa hot lu.. I felt guilty for stuffing myself with so much food. But, everything tasted even better when I felt guilty, so the self indulgence went on for a while until sanity set in....beer, magareta and che did not really mix well, luckily no damage was done -).
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    Even 1 a.m. here in VA but with what you described and also I just came back from my little brother's daughter birthday party (lots of great food too) BUT I am now feeling hungry. Life is good when great food is in the mix. :=)

    I am happy you enjoyed yourself.
    • CommentAuthorCarina
    • CommentTimeMay 31st 2010
     
    Thuc and a. Hung,
    You guys are killing me.... I am the only Asian person here among my husband (Italian) family, so there's no such yummy fơod. The Vietnamese shops here offer few choices, not all that tasty, at a ridiculous price, and I still have to purchase them 'cho do them'

    Happy for both of you, gaining weight from heavenly fơod without your friend. :)
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    I do most of my cooking so I am not dependent of these restaurants. I find doing at home will allow me to eat more and eat and eat until I stop...hehehe

    Sorry that I have to rub it in...LOL...
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    Tina,

    Our best wishes to your mom.

    Hung
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    Tina,

    Same here. Nothing is better or best to have your mom around forever. That is the wish all of us has since we begin to understand life. Mom always has the incredible strength to honor your wish. Hang in there and she will be with you for as long as you wanted.

    BTW, she looked great in that pictures...when she was younger and now.

    Thuc
    • CommentAuthorTina
    • CommentTimeAug 14th 2010
     
    Thuc, Hung and Tony

    Thanks. My mum is at home now. I hope she will be with us all the time. I feel down, exhausted and busy, and it seem like there are too many unhappy things around. I believe mum will be happy to see Carina’s book and see part of my history there.

    Tina
    • CommentAuthorCarina
    • CommentTimeAug 16th 2010
     
    Tina,
    sorry to hear that you are going through a rough time, hang in there, and I hope your Mum feels better soon.

    Carina
    • CommentAuthorTina
    • CommentTimeAug 16th 2010
     
    Thanks. Carina, we celebrated Mum's birthday tonight. She is happy but did not eat much. I wish and pray that she will recover.

    Tina
    • CommentAuthorchengt
    • CommentTimeAug 17th 2010
     
    Hello Tina
    Hope everything goes well and your mother would be feeling well soon. Hang in there and take care of yourself! Your mother needs you to support her during rough time.

    Tony
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    Tina,

    Like Tony and everyone else said, your mum needs you the most during this time. Enjoy the moment and I wish her the best!

    I would like to dedicate this song to your mom:

    http://mp3.zing.vn/mp3/nghe-bai-hat/Me-dau-yeu-Quang-Dung.IWZB86O7.html

    Thuc
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    Tina,

    May your strength, courage and tenacity carry you through the difficult time.
    Ditto Thuc, I like to dedicate a song to your mom, you and yours.
    We all grew up with this oldie which reminds us that...like the Moon, sometime we see it and often we don't, but love is always there.

    Peace.

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    Hung,

    Great song. Although I do not understand Chinese but I can tell what the song is about. From the tune, I can tell there is a song which was done in VN as well. Great song! Thanks
    • CommentAuthorTina
    • CommentTime1 day ago
     
    Thuc, Hung and Tony

    I am sorry for the late response, I was busy with some stuff, there are some thing I have tried to do well but I still failed.

    Thanks for the songs, they are great, my mum likes them. Mum is weak and has not got her appetite back, she lose a lot of weight. I really want my mum to be well and happy.
    • CommentAuthorchengt
    • CommentTime1 day ago
     
    Hello Tina
    I keep hearing from you that your mom is weak and no appetite. Do you mind telling me what is her diagnosis? Just email me at tonycheng_98@yahoo.com. May be I can give you some advice or suggestion. I am a licensed Hematology Specialist. I worked at many big hospitals including Stanford and UCSF. Take care!

    Tony
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    Tony,

    I am impressed and also am very happy of your willingness to help Tina's.

    Thuc
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    Tina,

    Everyone here is praying for you...Mom will be fine. She is a fighter and will get thru given time.

    Thuc

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